Czech President Milos Zeman (in a wheelchair) appoints the ministers of the new Czech five-party cabinet led by Petr Fiala (Civic Democrats), comprising also the Mayors and Independents, Christian Democrats, TOP 09 and the Pirates, at the presidential manor in Lany, Czech Republic, Friday, December 17, 2021. (Photo by Vit Simanek/CTK via AP Photo/Pool)





Britain's Prime Minster Boris Johnson speaks with members of the Metropolitan Police in their break room, as he makes a constituency visit to Uxbridge police station on December 17, 2021 in Uxbridge, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)





Jewish settlers, far back, clash with Palestinians, just after the funeral of Yehuda Dimentman, 25, who was killed in a shooting attack by a Palestinian gunman, in the West Bank village of Burqa, Friday, December 17, 2021. Palestinian gunman opened fire Thursday night at a car filled with Jewish seminary students next to a West Bank settlement outpost, killing an Israeli man and lightly wounding two other people, Israeli officials said. (Photo by Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo)





Associated Press photographer Mahmoud Illean reacts after being attacked by Israeli police while covering a demonstration in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, Friday, December 17, 2021. Illean had been covering a weekly demonstration where longtime Palestinian residents are battling efforts by Jewish settlers to evict them from their homes. He did not suffer any fractures and returned home from the hospital several hours later with a bruised face and head and back pain. (Photo by Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via AP Photo)





Atiya, wife of Yehuda Dimentman, who was killed in a Palestinian shooting attack, mourns next to his grave, during his funeral in Givat Shaul cemetery in Jerusalem, Friday, December 17, 2021. (Photo by Oren Ziv/AP Photo)





A protester scuffles with a member of Israeli security forces during a demonstration in the east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on December 17, 2021. (Photo by Ahmad Gharabli/AFP Photo)





Closing of the presidential campaign of the former student leader, current deputy of the Republic of Chile Gabriel Boric Font on December 16, 2021 in Santiago, Chile. (Photo by Claudio Abarca Sandoval/NurPhoto via Getty Images)





A woman holds a bottle as she celebrates after the announcement of the Chilean press of the death of Chilean dictator (1973-1981) Augusto Pinochet's widow Lucia Hiriart, at plaza Italia in Santiago on December 16, 2021. Lucia Hiriart, 98, widow of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, died Thursday afternoon at the residence where she lived in the company of all her children and grandchildren, her family confirmed. (Photo by Javier Torres/AFP Photo)





First responders carry a stretcher after a deadly fire at an eight-story building in a major business, shopping and entertainment district in Osaka, western Japan, Friday, December 17, 2021. More than 20 people were feared dead after the fire broke out Friday in the building in Osaka, officials said, and police were investigating arson as a possible cause. (Photo by Yukie Nishizawa/Kyodo News via AP Photo)





London Fire Brigade Deputy Commissioner Richard Mills speaks to the media at the scene in Sutton, south London, Friday December 17, 2021. Four children have died after fire ripped through the building. About 60 firefighters descended on the home in a residential area and brought the children out of the home as intense fire ripped through the building Thursday night. (Photo by Aaron Chown/PA Wire via AP Photo)





A government digital poster encouraging people to wear face masks to curb the spread of coronavirus, is displayed in a bus stop in London, Friday, December 17, 2021. After the U.K. recorded its highest number of confirmed new COVID-19 infections since the pandemic began, France announced Thursday that it would tighten entry rules for those coming from Britain. Hours later, the country set another record, with a further 88,376 confirmed COVID-19 cases reported Thursday, almost 10,000 more than the day before. (Photo by Matt Dunham/AP Photo)





A man dress as Santa Claus greets students with a fist bump as they prepare to attend classes at a school in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, December 15, 2021. After being closed for nearly-20-months due to the coronavirus pandemic, schools in Mumbai reopened for classes 1 to 7 Wednesday. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)





A woman wearing face mask to protect against COVID-19 walks with a shopping bag along a shopping center in Paris, Friday, December 17, 2021. France's government is desperately trying to avoid a new lockdown or stricter measures that would hurt the economy and cloud President Emmanuel Macron's expected campaign for the April presidential election. (Photo by Michel Euler/AP Photo)





A child receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Naples, Italy, on December 16, 2021. Italy began the process of vaccinating healthy children aged 5 to 11 on Thursday. The country has already vaccinated more than 85 percent of children aged over 12. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach vaccinates Frida, 10, during a visit to a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre in Hanover, Germany, December 17, 2021. (Photo by Fabian Bimmer/Reuters)





A child and a man dressed as Santa Claus and wearing a face shield touch hands through a plastic shield set up to curb the spread of COVID-19, at a Johannesburg mall Friday, December 17, 2021. South Africa is currently battling the resurgence of the coronavirus fueled by the omicron variant. South Africa recorded 24,785 new infections and 36 deaths in the most recent 24-hour reporting cycle. (Photo by Denis Farrell/AP Photo)





A nun walks past St. Peter's Square and Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, December 17, 2021. Pope Francis is celebrating his 85th birthday Friday, a milestone made even more remarkable given the coronavirus pandemic, his summertime intestinal surgery and the weight of history: His predecessor retired at this age and the last pope to have lived any longer was Leo XIII over a century ago. (Photo by Andrew Medichini/AP Photo)





Residents walk past downed electric pylons in Talisay town, Cebu province on December 17, 2021, a day after Super Typhoon Rai pummelled the southern and central regions of the Philippines. A strong typhoon engulfed villages in floods that trapped residents on roofs, toppled trees and knocked out power in southern and central island provinces, where more than 300,000 villagers had fled to safety before the onslaught, officials said. (Photo by Alan Tangcawan/AFP Photo)





Some of the approximately 50 boats in the harbour of Port de Grave, N.L. are lit up for Christmas on Thursday, December 16, 2021. The annual boat lighting has been ongoing for more than 20 years. (Photo by Canadian Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Panamanian Embera indigenous compete in a tug-of-war during the third ancestral indigenous games in Pueblo Nuevo Buri, province of Bocas del Toro, Panama on December 16, 2021. At least 250 indigenous from Panama's seven ethnic groups are fighting not only to win a medal in the Ancestral Indigenous Games, but also to rescue and perpetuate the customs and traditions of their communities. (Photo by Luis Acosta/AFP Photo)